Reset. What does it do?
The operation "reset" (short cut Ctrl + R) has been mentioned a few times on this forum. Can someone explain what it does and the various operations that it can be applied to? I can't find any mention in the handbook.
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It depends from elements to elements but in general it will reset elements to their default position. (and for others, reset their length etc...)
That definitely needs to be in the Handbook. The only thing keeping me from adding it right now to https://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting-0 is that that page is out-of-control huge, and until it's broken up into its individual sections I'm reluctant to make it bigger.
EDIT: Should the menu command possibly be renamed to something like "Reset Positions" so its a little easier to figure out what it means?
EDIT 2: Wait. In MuseScore 1 it was named "Reset Positions". Why was it changed? By the way, see also #53331: View -> Palette needs be corrected to View -> Palettes.
In reply to That definitely needs to be by Isaac Weiss
It isn't just positions, it's also other edits.
In reply to It isn't just positions, it's by Marc Sabatella
Such as what? If I edit a tempo text, then select it and hit Reset, it doesn't revert to its original text—but if I moved it, it reverts to its original position. If I lengthen and then flip a note stem (setting its direction to something other than Auto) and then hit Reset, it goes back to its original length and Auto direction… but I would say that makes perfect sense in terms of "Resetting its position." Interestingly, resizing a frame and hitting Reset does not return it to its original size, but if it did, it would still be easier to understand if the command was "Reset Positions."
In reply to Such as what? If I edit a by Isaac Weiss
If it were called "Reset Positions" but it actually reset changes to length as well, and to shape of slurs, I think people would be rightfully annoyed. I see only negatives and no positives to this change.
In reply to If it were called "Reset by Marc Sabatella
Hmm. Not sure I agree. @geetar, do you think it would have been easier to figure out what the command meant if it was called "Reset Positions"? (Myself, I obviously did figure it out based on it being called that in previous versions of MuseScore.)
In reply to Hmm. Not sure I agree. by Isaac Weiss
That's not a yes or no question. Obviously, that label helps you understand *part* of the function. But would it help you figure out it would also undo all customization to stem lengths, slur shapes, etc? I'm not saying there isn't room for improvement, but I am concerned that "Resest Positions" is simply misleading. It would be like if the "Delete" command were labeled "Delete Half Notes". It does that, sure, but also deletes quarter notes, dynamics, and lots more.
In reply to That's not a yes or no by Marc Sabatella
and "Reset some settings to their default, but not all" is way too long. And still not helpful ;-)
Edit: Hmm, maybe something like "Reset position, length and shape" (still too long, but at least correct and complete?)
Edit 2: It is called "Reset user settings" in the Shortcut settings.
In reply to and "Reset some settings to by Jojo-Schmitz
But that's what "position" means already! "Position" in common usage refers to location, orientation, and I'm sitting down, now I've stood up, now I'm going to return to my original position.
In reply to But that's what "position" by Isaac Weiss
length and shape are not positions
In reply to length and shape are not by Jojo-Schmitz
To my mind, they are—especially shape, which is practically a synonym. At the very least, a change in shape or length is a change in position.
In reply to To my mind, they by Isaac Weiss
That wouldn't be clear at all to me, and in fact, quite the opposite - the word "position" seems to specifically *exclude* changes to shape. To the point where, if there were a command called "Reset Positions" and it also reset changes to *shape*, I'd consider that a bug of "major" status, about equally as bad as if it also deleted all your articulations, respelled all your accidentals, converted all your text to pig latin, or had some other unadvertised side effect.
In reply to To my mind, they by Isaac Weiss
My wife thinks differently, about whether I change my shape (=put on weight) or my position (=move out my chair)...
Or whether a tree in the garden grows (=changes length) or changes postion (=falls over in a storm or gets cut off)
No, position, length and shape are entirely different concepts, although partly related to and interacting with one another
In reply to and "Reset some settings to by Jojo-Schmitz
"Reset User Settings" isn't bad, and there is value in consistency. I might have suggested "Reset Manual Adjustments". Both are a bit vague, but specific enough to be more suggestive than merely "Reset" while not being an out-and-out lie like "Reset Positions".
In reply to "Reset User Settings" isn't by Marc Sabatella
"Reset Size and Position"?
In reply to "Reset Size and Position"? by Isaac Weiss
"Size" is a little misleading in that it doens't obviously include changes to slur shape. "Shape and Position" is better, as shape does include length.
In reply to "Size" is a little misleading by Marc Sabatella
No, shape and length of a slur are different things still
In reply to No, shape and length of a by Jojo-Schmitz
If you're making the distinction because "length" includes information about what note the slur ends on, that is true - but fortunately, not relevant here, because the reset command does not change that. Only the shape and position.
In reply to If you're making the by Marc Sabatella
No, I mean the manual drag of the first or last handle, to visually extend. The shape (the Bezier curve) would stay the same, just larger.
In reply to No, I mean the manual drag of by Jojo-Schmitz
OK, but now I'd say we really are just splitting hair(pin)s :-). A change in length/size is a change in size in my book. Besides, it doesn't work that way - dragging just one handle always changes shape, since the other handles don't adjust according to the same scale. That is, it doesn't merely resize; it flattens if you make it longer, etc.
In reply to OK, but now I'd say we really by Marc Sabatella
Right, size/length, shape and position, 3 different entitities
The main thing is that the command should be documented in the handbook so that the user gets a good general view of what the command does. For example, can you just use reset without selecting anything, what do you have to select for it to work etc?
Am I right in assuming that the shortcut is related to the buttons with arrows on them in the Inspector?
In reply to The main thing is that the by geetar
Not only, (most of) the handles of slurs for example don't have a counterpart in the inspector. Actually no handle of any lines item have this, just their overall position (vertical and horizontal offset)